This is a documentary without easy answers. No conspiracy theories, no minimization — just faces, names, diagnoses. People who were harmed during the COVID years: physically, professionally, socially. And the question that remains at the end: who takes responsibility?
The Diagnoses Nobody Wanted to Hear#
Cheyenne Braun from Hollfeld in Bavaria was 15 years old when she got vaccinated — because she wanted to celebrate her 16th birthday at a disco. Nine days after her second BioNTech dose, she collapsed at the dinner table. Paramedics resuscitated her for an hour. The medical report would later read: post-vaccinal myocarditis — heart muscle inflammation following vaccination. Cheyenne died on November 16th when her heart finally stopped. After 13 days of fighting for her life, a post-mortem could not establish a clear causal link. The public prosecutor closed the investigation.
Post-mRNA myocarditis is medically documented. Several studies place the risk for male adolescents at up to 1 in 3,000. Shortly after the vaccination campaign launched in 2021, hospital admissions for myocarditis in the 10–17 age group rose sharply — in a temporal pattern that closely tracks the vaccination waves. The professional association of paediatric doctors declined to comment on the correlation, citing the inquiry as “too one-sided.”
Bianca Spielmann from Duisburg was 45 when she received the AstraZeneca vaccine — among the first to do so, as a volunteer with civil protection services. Two weeks later she woke with a numb arm and suffered an epileptic seizure. Diagnosis: severe cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. She was placed in an induced coma. Doctors did not expect her to survive. She survived — and remains 80% severely disabled to this day. She filed for compensation under Germany’s Infection Protection Act two years ago. She has received nothing.
Sinus vein thrombosis following AstraZeneca — now classified as VITT (Vaccine-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis) — is a medically acknowledged side effect. It led to AstraZeneca being withdrawn for under-60s in numerous countries.
The Damage That Stayed Invisible#
Hannah from Sigmaringen is 24 and athletically active. She got vaccinated despite having already recovered from a COVID infection. After the first dose she developed swollen knees. Her GP dismissed the warning signs and administered the second injection. Three days later, Hannah could barely continue her apprenticeship. The rheumatic pain, the exhaustion, the nerve pain — everything that followed now has an officially recognised name: Post-Vaccination Syndrome.
In her dealings with doctors, Hannah experienced what many affected people report: as soon as the word “vaccination” is mentioned, diagnostic openness ends. “We no longer consider you ill. You need to learn to work through the pain,” her GP eventually told her.
Psycho- and trauma therapist Ahmed Alhafet explains the pattern: doctors who vaccinated hundreds of people and were convinced they were doing the right thing need a considerable degree of maturity and character to admit that error — to themselves, and to others. The political polarisation of the issue made this step even harder. To diagnose a vaccine injury was to risk being classified as anti-vaccination.
Germany’s Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) received over 330,000 adverse event reports by October 2022 — more than 50,000 of them serious. That equals 29 suspected serious adverse events per 100,000 vaccinations. For comparison: the measles vaccine generates 5.7 serious adverse event reports per 100,000 doses released. Unlike Sweden or Denmark, which systematically record vaccine injuries, Germany’s PEI only receives what doctors manually submit — a process that is time-consuming and uncompensated.
Broken Promises#
“There will be no vaccine mandate in this pandemic. No one in the Federal Republic of Germany will be vaccinated against their will.”
This promise was made repeatedly at the highest political levels. Those who suggested otherwise were labelled conspiracy theorists. Months later, a general vaccine mandate was under serious discussion. In specific sectors it was introduced: for care workers from 16 March 2022, for the armed forces from 24 November 2021.
For soldiers like Erik and Max — both with over a decade of service, one with Afghanistan deployments — the Bundeswehr vaccination order had existential consequences. Erik now receives only 50% of his salary, may not wear his uniform, and may only enter military facilities in medical emergencies. Max faces disciplinary proceedings. The German Armed Forces Association (Bundeswehrverband), into which both had paid contributions for years, refused support, citing in writing that there were “no prospects of success.”
Their distinction between conventional vaccines — which both had received for their deployments — and the novel mRNA technology was not a fringe position legally or medically. The conditional authorisation of the vaccines, meaning an accelerated process of 18 months instead of the standard 8–12 years, was publicly known — it was the official justification for the speed of development.
Pressure on the Youngest#
Children and young people bore a disproportionate share of the social burden during these years. In Bavaria, vaccination rates for under-18s were publicly demanded, and 2G exclusions for unvaccinated minors were discussed. Thomas Mertens, then chairman of Germany’s Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO), said in a FAZ interview that he would “probably not vaccinate” his own seven- or eight-year-old child, since COVID posed no serious medical risk for that age group. Months later, STIKO issued a vaccination recommendation for children from age five onward — after political pressure, according to observers, had become too great.
In Austria, an actress documents how her sons collected stickers for a “Ninja Pass” at school: red stickers for the unvaccinated, gold ones for the vaccinated. The social pressure on minors whose parents were unvaccinated was tangible.
BioNTech’s own documents further show that the company knew younger people achieved comparably good immune responses with lower doses — 10–15 µg rather than 30 µg — with fewer side effects. A company spokesperson explained to the newspaper Die Welt: “It’s correct that for younger people, 20 micrograms suffice, sometimes even 15.” Why wasn’t the dose adjusted for smaller bodies? Because there wasn’t time when the goal was vaccinating “five billion people as quickly as possible.”
A Procurement No One Can Explain#
At EU level, the Commission under Ursula von der Leyen ordered 4.6 billion vaccine doses worth 71 billion euros — ten doses per person, from infants to the elderly. Roughly one billion were administered. The rest was disposed of.
The mega-deal with Pfizer in May 2021 came about through text messages between von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla — without a public tender, outside standard EU procurement rules. The EU Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating. One known detail of the contracts: EU member states assume liability for any vaccine harm. The financial risk sits with the taxpayer, not the manufacturer.
What the Numbers Show — and What Remains Unanswered#
Data analyst Marcel Barz has examined the raw mortality statistics published by Germany’s Federal Statistical Office. His finding: in 2019 and 2020 — the period of greatest public panic — German death rates were at the lowest levels ever recorded. From 2021 onward, with the vaccination campaign underway, a statistically notable increase in mortality appears, continuing through 2022 and 2023.
This is not proof of causation. But it is a signal that warrants investigation — and has not been systematically investigated. Heidelberg’s chief pathologist Peter Schirmacher, a member of the renowned Leopoldina Academy, found in a study of people who died unexpectedly within 14 days of vaccination that 30% of cases showed a connection between the vaccination and the death. He warned: it is not yet known whether all recovered myocarditis cases heal without lasting consequences.
What Comes Next — or Must Come#
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has since acknowledged that serious vaccine injuries exist — describing his earlier claim that the vaccine was “free of side effects” as an “unfortunate exaggeration.” A formal apology to those affected has not followed.
Bianca Spielmann is waiting for compensation. Hannah is fighting for her condition to be recognised. Cheyenne’s mother is waiting for answers. Erik and Max are waiting for a decision about their military careers.
The documentary ends with a simple demand: accountability. Not as a political settling of scores, but as a civic obligation. So that those who were harmed do not carry it alone. And so that better decisions can be made the next time — whatever that next time looks like.
Those who were dismissed when they raised concerns have a right to be heard now.
Source#
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The medical facts cited in this article (myocarditis risk, VITT/CVST with AstraZeneca, PEI reporting data) are documented by official regulatory bodies and peer-reviewed publications. Individual cases are drawn from the documentary transcript.
